ABSTRACT
Naturally the problem thus arises of the approach of the appropriate spatial unit of measurement of the equilibrium, and thus of evaluation, planning and decision-making. Much has been said about ‘urban ecology’, the ‘ecological’ city, the ‘sustainable city’ and a myriad of critical factors which are found at the junction of the two basic concepts environment and city. The taxonomic and definitional postulates concern the concepts of land-use and environment as the objects of planning, in the framework of the problems, and, at the same time, as an object of scientific analysis. The construction of a land-use and resources matrix is not easy; but -albeit in different forms and approximations - it is an essential requirement for correct ecological planning of the city. Analogously, an exogenous character to the method and model of planning to be used is required for the objectives.
